History Trivia / StraightOuttaLynwood

* DummiedOut: Music/TPain is listed in the "special thanks" section of the liner notes because he granted permission for Al to parody "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper)" as "I'm 'n Luv (wit [[Series/GilligansIsland The Skipper]])"; Al later decided to not record the parody, but left T-Pain's name in the liner notes as a thank-you.

** Various other parody ideas included "[[Franchise/StarTrek Holodeck Girl]]" (Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl"), "I.R.S." (Rihanna's "S.O.S.") and "[=HairyBack=]" (Justin Timberlake's "[=SexyBack=]"), but were never recorded. Nickelback gave Al permission to use "Photograph" in his polka medley, but Al couldn't make it work (he still thanked Nickelback in the liner notes, though).

* TechnologyMarchesOn: On "White and Nerdy", Al says "My Website/MySpace Page is totally pimped out. Got people begging for my top eight spaces". Back in 2006 when the song was released, [=MySpace=] was the top social networking site. However, it was eventually superseded by Facebook- which engages in no such ranking- and now [=MySpace=] is much more of a niche site that has nowhere near as many users.

* DummiedOut: Music/TPain is listed in the "special thanks" section of the liner notes because he granted permission for Al to parody "I'm 'n Luv (wit a Stripper)" as "I'm 'n Luv (wit [[Series/GilligansIsland The Skipper]])"; Al later decided to not record the parody, but left T-Pain's name in the liner notes.
** Similarly, Al intended to include a snippet of "Photograph" by Music/{{Nickelback}} in "Polkarama", the album's polka medley, but Al could not find a way to include the song without it sounding "wedged in or tacked on", so he left it out. Nickelback, like T-Pain, were still thanked in the liner notes.

* CareerResurrection: While three years was the standard amount of time Al would spend between albums, his career had taken a considerable slump around the TurnOfTheMillennium. His first album of the 2000s, ''Music/PoodleHat'', was not only a critical failure but failed to get a single once Music/{{Eminem}} revoked permission to shoot a video for Al's "Lose Yourself" parody, meaning promotion was minimal. Then, while on tour, his parents both died from carbon monoxide poisoning, forcing him to take some time off afterwards to recuperate. Then, while working on this album, James Blunt's record label revoked permission to parody "You're Beautiful" (as "You're Pitiful"), forcing Al to write a completely different song at the eleventh hour. Thankfully, "White and Nerdy" became his biggest hit to date and Al's status as a star musical comedian has been alive and well ever since.

* DummiedOut: Music/TPain is listed in the "special thanks" section of the liner notes because he granted permission for Al to parody "I'm 'n Luv( wit a Stripper)" as "I'm 'n Luv (wit [[Series/GilligansIsland The Skipper]])"; Al later decided to not record the parody, but left T-Pain's name in the liner notes.

* DummiedOut: Music/TPain is listed in the "special thanks" section of the liner notes because he granted permission for Al to parody "I'm 'n Luv(wit a Stripper)" as "I'm 'n Luv (wit [[Series/Gilligans Island The Skipper]])"; Al later decided to not record the parody, but left T-Pain's name in the liner notes.

** A parody of Music/TPain's "I'm In Love With A Stripper" (as "I'm In Love With [[Series/GilligansIsland The Skipper]]") was written, but never recorded. Al has performed it a few times in concert as part of a medley.

** Canadian music channel Creator/MuchMusic held a contest for amateurs to create a music video for "Canadian Idiot", but it was canceled when they couldn't get enough entries.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** "I'll Sue Ya" references Toys "R" Us and Neiman-Marcus, both now out of business. (Well, in the United States at least for the former.) [=EarthLink=] still exists, but it's nowhere near the dominant ISP that it was in the TurnOfTheMillennium. In addition, the line "I sued Ben Affleck... Aw, do I even need a reason?" comes off as rather odd now, considering Affleck has since undergone a significant CareerResurrection.
** The gag in "Trapped in a Drive-Thru" where the narrator must dig around for change because it's a cash-only business is increasingly unlikely. Due to the ubiquitousness of debit cards, cash-only businesses, especially restaurants, are increasingly rare in the United States, to the point that many people carry very little cash on them now.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "I'll Sue Ya" references Toys "R" Us and Neiman-Marcus, both now out of business. (Well, in the United States at least for the former.) [=EarthLink=] still exists, but it's nowhere near the dominant ISP that it was in the TurnOfTheMillennium. In addition, the line "I sued Ben Affleck... Aw, do I even need a reason?" comes off as rather odd now, considering Affleck has since undergone a significant CareerResurrection.

* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The GangstaRap-style cover art was actually finalized ''before'' Al wrote "White and Nerdy." When the first song was still "You're Pitiful," the joke was going to be that this tough-looking album started off with a sappy acoustic ballad. It ended up working better when the first song was change to a parody of an actual gangsta rap song.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "I'll Sue Ya" references Toys R Us and Neiman-Marcus, both now out of business. [=EarthLink=] still exists, but it's nowhere near the dominant ISP that it was in the TurnOfTheMillennium. In addition, the line "I sued Ben Affleck... Aw, do I even need a reason?" comes off as rather odd now, considering Affleck has since undergone a significant CareerResurrection.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** "You're Pitiful" (a parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful") was intended to be the lead single for the album, but while James Blunt gave his blessing, Creator/AtlanticRecords revoked permission at the last second, supposedly out of fear that it would make Blunt a OneHitWonder (which happened anyway). Interestingly, Chamillionaire, whose song "Ridin'" was parodied instead, also became a one-hit wonder.

** Canadian music channel Creator/MuchMusic held a contest for amateurs to create a music video for "Canadian Idiot," but it was canceled when they couldn't get enough entries.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "I'll Sue Ya" references Toys R Us and Neiman-Marcus, both now out of business. [=EarthLink=] still exists, but it's nowhere near the dominant ISP that it was in the TurnOfTheMillennium. In addition, the line "I sued Ben Affleck...Aw, do I even need a reason?" comes off as rather odd now, considering Affleck has since undergone a significant CareerResurrection.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "I'll Sue Ya" references Toys R Us, which is now out of business, and [=EarthLink=], which still exists but is nowhere near the dominant ISP that it was in the early 2000's. In addition, the line "I sued Ben Affleck...Aw, do I even need a reason?" comes off as rather odd now, considering Affleck has since undergone a significant CareerResurrection.